Colombia | Pres. Petro requests investigation into Israeli software 'Pegasus'
On Wednesday evening, the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, requested to open an investigation into the purchase of the Israeli software 'Pegasus', used to spy on public officials, including himself. teleSUR
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00:00On Wednesday evening, the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, requested to open an investigation
00:05into the purchase of the Israeli software Pegasus, used to spy on public officials,
00:10including himself.
00:12The serious allegations claims the software was acquired while former President Iván
00:16Duque was in office.
00:18Precisely, the country's information and financial analysis unit informed Petro of
00:23the irregularities found, among them the payment in cash of over 11 million dollars allocated
00:29to Israel for the software's services.
00:32In addition, the head of state revealed that several media outlets would have received
00:36direct information about these illegitimate procedures.
00:47How are they able to smuggle 11 million dollars in cash out of the country by means of one
00:52or two flights?
00:55They used to do it from state offices, perhaps from the air command for military transportation,
01:01or from the national police, heading for Israel to purchase a software that spies on phone
01:07cells, private communications, politics.
01:11Perhaps they've been spying on us, the main opposition party, for months.
01:17A party that turned into the ruling political force together with its presidential candidate,
01:23now president.
01:25This information was revealed to the regular journal and to a TV channel, so it raises
01:30the question, who else did they intercept?
01:34Were they abided by a judicial order?
01:38That's what the constitution stipulates for those interferences to not be crimes.